Issue Details

Issue	V3#9
Published	January 1980
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.50 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Ted White
Notes	This issue introduces as regular features several short text articles on movies, comics, science fiction, & music. These share pages both with each other and other features, so the page count totals will be off.

Cover Details - "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Genre	Fantasy
Pencils	Don Ivan Punchatz (painted)
Inks	Don Ivan Punchatz (painted)
Colors	Don Ivan Punchatz (painted)
Notes	Picture split between front and back covers. It is not a wrap-around image.

1 page credits "Contents"

Genre	Fantasy
Pencils	Michael William Kaluta
Inks	Michael William Kaluta
Colors	Michael William Kaluta
Notes	Contents page with illustration spanning to next page/editorial page.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "...Thirty-four..."

Pencils	Michael William Kaluta
Inks	Michael William Kaluta
Colors	Michael William Kaluta
Notes	Editorial text with illustration spanning previous page/contents page.

Musick text article "Eno"

Genre	Nonfiction
Script	Lou Stathis
Letters	typeset

text article "The Multimedia Album"

Genre	Nonfiction
Script	Ted White
Letters	typeset

Comix text article

Genre	Nonfiction
Script	Jay Kinney
Pencils	Robert Crumb
Inks	Robert Crumb
Colors	Robert Crumb
Letters	typeset

SF text article

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Steve Brown
Letters	typeset

Flix text article

Genre	Horror
Script	Bhob Stewart
Letters	typeset
Notes	Part 1 of a Stephen King interview. Art is the paperback cover for The Stand.

12 page story "The Story of Rowlf"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Richard Corben
Pencils	Richard Corben
Inks	Richard Corben
Colors	Richard Corben
Letters	typeset
Notes	Part 3 of 3

8 page story "The Pause That Refreshes"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Val Mayerik
Pencils	Val Mayerik
Inks	Val Mayerik

2 page story "Womb with a View"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Dan Steffan
Pencils	Dan Steffan
Inks	Dan Steffan
Letters	Dan Steffan

8 page story "Exit/In"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Neal McPheeters
Pencils	Neal McPheeters (painted)
Inks	Neal McPheeters (painted)
Colors	Neal McPheeters (painted)

5 page story "Paradise Lost"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	John Milton; Terrance Lindall (adaptation)
Pencils	Terrance Lindall (painted)
Inks	Terrance Lindall (painted)
Colors	Terrance Lindall (painted)
Notes	Beginning a serialized adaptation of the Milton novel. No part 2 has appeared yet.

4 page Stellar Journals story "Space Race 3000"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Karl B. Kofoed
Pencils	Karl B. Kofoed (painted)
Inks	Karl B. Kofoed (painted)
Colors	Karl B. Kofoed (painted)
Letters	typeset

2 page story "Zooks!"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Vaughn Bode
Pencils	Vaughn Bode
Inks	Vaughn Bode
Colors	Mark Bode
Letters	Vaughn Bode
Notes	Part 4 of 7. Part 5 is in the March issue. Printed sideways.

3 page Gallery Section: New Books illustration "The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Howard Chaykin
Pencils	Howard Chaykin (painted)
Inks	Howard Chaykin (painted)
Colors	Howard Chaykin (painted)
Letters	typeset
Notes	This and the next two "features" are actually the component parts of a single feature displaying artwork from three forthcoming books (divided for indexing clarity). Writing credits are for feature scripts; they also carry editorial comments (by White?).

2 page Gallery Section: New Books illustration "1941, the Illustrated Story"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Allan Asherman
Pencils	Rick Veitch; Stephen Bissette
Inks	Rick Veitch; Stephen Bissette
Colors	Rick Veitch; Stephen Bissette

2 page Gallery Section: New Books illustration "Colorvision"

Genre	Fantasy
Pencils	Ron Cobb (painted)
Inks	Ron Cobb (painted)
Colors	Ron Cobb (painted)
Letters	typeset

6 page story "Food for the Children"

Genre	Horror
Script	Arthur Suydam
Pencils	Arthur Suydam (painted)
Inks	Arthur Suydam (painted)
Colors	Arthur Suydam (painted)
Letters	Arthur Suydam
Notes	Reprinted version is without last 2 story pages.
Reprinted	in Demon Dreams (Pacific Comics, 1984 series) #2 (May 1984)

3 page story "Alien Comix Presents:"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Rick Veitch
Pencils	Rick Veitch
Inks	Rick Veitch
Letters	Rick Veitch

5 page story "Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Trey Aven
Pencils	Stephen Hill
Inks	Stephen Hill

Half page story "The Bus"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Paul Kirchner
Pencils	Paul Kirchner
Inks	Paul Kirchner

1 page story "Wide Awake"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Stephen Stiles
Pencils	Stephen Stiles
Inks	Stephen Stiles
Letters	Stephen Stiles
Notes	Two half pages on two adjoining pages.

1 page story "Rock Opera"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.
Pencils	Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.
Inks	Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.
Letters	typeset
Notes	Long serialized feature that runs through 12/85 (the final monthly issue, and it probably ended only for that reason). Two, 2/3 adjoining pages.

Half page story "The Bus"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Paul Kirchner
Pencils	Paul Kirchner
Inks	Paul Kirchner

7 page story "Hive"

Genre	Fantasy
Script	Paul Kirchner
Pencils	Paul Kirchner
Inks	Paul Kirchner
Colors	Paul Kirchner
Letters	Paul Kirchner

1 page illustration "Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Pencils	Don Ivan Punchatz (painted)
Inks	Don Ivan Punchatz (painted)
Colors	Don Ivan Punchatz (painted)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Second half of image from front cover with a list of this issue's contents.